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J. P. NEELEY. Burglar Guard for Doors and Windows. No. 236,715.

Patented Jan. 18, 188i.

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JOSEPH P. NEELEY, OF OLNEY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEONARD GULLISON, OF SAME PLACE.

BURGLAR-GUARD FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,715, dated January 18, 1881.

Application filed August 28, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OSEPH P. NEELEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olney, in the county of Richland and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burglar-Guards for Doors and \Vindows; and I do hereby-declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a burglar-guard for doors and windows of stores and warehouses, and will first be described, and then those parts constituting the invention will be designated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of a guard as applied to a door or window upon the inside. Fig.2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a cross-section. Fig. 4 is a perspective of a broken portion of two adjoining sections. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are views of the hinge. Fig.8 is a view of the lockguard arm in vertical position.

The guard is made in sections, two, three, or more to a window or door. The Figs. 1, 2, and 3 designate the sections. The letters a I) designate,respectively, the top and bottom crossbars of each section, and O the middle bar, which is double as wide as the top and bottom bars. The upright bar D on each side laps the cross-bars, each being halved at the joint to make the surface of both coincident. The other upright bars, (I, are laid against the cross-bars and secured by rivets c, and the ends of every other one of the upright bars project, as shown at f, beyond the top and bottom cross-bars, and the side of the projecting part next to the cross-bards beveled off, while the ends of the intermediate upright bars terminate flush with the outer edge of top and bottom bars, as shown at g, and the side thereof outermost from the cross-bar is beveled off, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 4.. This construction, it will be seen, adapts the sections to interlock with each other, the bevel of the projecting part f of the uprights on one section overlapping the beveled end 9 of the uprights on the adjoining section.

One part, A, of each hinge is attached to or made part of the top or bottom crossbars.

This part forms the eye of the hinge, which has an elongation, h, on one side. The book or pintle part B of the hinge has a shank, z, screw-th readed, like a wood-screw, to enter the frame H. The upward -projecting stud 'n, which forms the pintle, has a lateral projection, 01/, adapted to pass through the elongated part h of the eye, and these devices are so placed on their respective parts of the hinge as to coincide in position only when the section is swung open. When swung shut the lateral projection it extends over the upper edge of the eye part and prevents it from bein g raised oif.

It will be seen the sections may be hung to their position or removed from it only by swin ging them until the parts It and n coincide. The lower section is first put on; then the next section, or No. 2, is placed with its lowermost hinge-eye on the same pintle as the uppermost eye of the lower section, and the upper section or No. 3 is hung in like manner.

Each section, preferably, is provided with a movable lock-guard, E, though in thedrawings it is shown attached to the middle section only. The lock-guard consists of a metal case or receptacle of proper shape to receive the particular lock desired to be used. The lock is placed within the case or receptacle to secure it from being tampered with, and a key hole, 1), through the guard admits the key to the lock. The guard is attached near one end of an arm, F, which is provided with a slot, q, extending lengthwise and terminating at the lower end with a lateral or L-shaped part, q. The upper end, 1', of the arm projects above the end of the slot. When the arm is drawn out the end r slides under the second upright bar in a recess made on the inner side, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3. The arm is secured to the outside upright bar of the guard by a headed bolt, 8, which has been first passed through the slot q, and then securely riveted to the outer upright bar. A second headed bolt, 8, is secured to the upright bar with its head projecting from the bar far enough to shown in Figs. 1 and 3, which position is ad vantageous when locking the sections from the inner side, as the lock is beyond reach of tampering from the outside.

A suitable catch, L, to which the arm is locked is firmly secured by a wood-screw shank to the wall. The lock-guard on lower or outer end of the arm rests in this catch, and the bolt of the lock is shot into a recess in the catch. The construction of the lock-carryin g arm also admits of the section being locked with the arm in a vertical position, as seen in Fig. 8, in which position it may be locked from the outside, the key entering, first, through the outer door, then through the key-hole a in the middle cross-bar, and finally through the lockguard into the lock, the lock-bolt entering a recess in the catch N made fast to the side of the frame.

A staple or yoke, I, has a hook or catch, V, on the inner side of each end. The ends are sufficiently springy to allow the hooks or catches to pass over the center cross bar. These ends are first passed through the outer door, and the hooks or catches are engaged with the bar 0, and while holding the doorguard and door together will allow the crossbar 0, when the guard and door are swung open, to slide in-the hooks or catches to accommodate the difference in the points at which the two are hinged.

I am aware that a pivoted and jointed arm attached to a door-guard is not new. I do not therefore claim, broadly, a pivoted arm.

Having described my invention, I claim and 40 desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A door or window guard consisting of cross-bars framed together into two or more separable sections, andhaving the end of every 5 other one of upright bars on each section projected beyond the top or bottom cross-bars, and the said ends beveled off on the side next to the cross-bar, and the intermediate upright bars having their ends terminating flush with the top or bottom cross-bars and beveled off on the side outermost from the cross-bar, whereby the adjoining sections interlock with each other, as set forth.

2. A door or window guard made in two or more separable sections, each provided. with two hinge-eyes, A, and having the uppermost hinge-eye of the lower section and the lowermost hinge-eye of the upper adjoining section on the same pintle, n, as set forth.

3. In a door or window guard, the combination, with the guard, of an arm, F, pivoted to the guard, and a lock-guard consisting of a case or a receptacle, E, provided with a keyhole, 1), and permanently attached to and carried on the outermost swinging end of the arm, whereby the door or window guard may be locked either with the arm extended horizontally or with the arm in a vertical position, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH P. NEELEY.

Witnesses:

LENARD OULLIsoN, BRYANT HIGGINS. 

